Brazil women's national football team

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Brazil
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname A Seleção (The Selected)
As Canarinhas (The Female Canaries)
Auriverde (Green-and-Yellow)
Verde-Amarela (Green-and-Yellow)
Samba Queens
Association Brazilian Football Confederation
Coach Jorge Luiz Barcellos
Most caps
Top scorer Marta Vieira da Silva
FIFA rank 4
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Home kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Away kit
First International
Brazil Flag of Brazil 1–2 Flag of the United States USA
(Jesolo, Italy; 22 July 1986)
Largest win
Brazil Flag of Brazil 15–0 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia
(Uberlândia, Brazil; 18 January 1995)
Brazil Flag of Brazil 15–0 Flag of Peru Peru
(Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998)
Worst defeat
Brazil Flag of Brazil 0–6 Flag of the United States USA
(Denver, USA; 26 September 1999)
World Cup
Appearances 5 (First in 1991)
Best result Runner up, 2007
Olympic Games
Appearances 3 (First in 1996)
Best result Runner up, 2004
South-American Championship
Appearances 5 (First in 1991)
Best result Winners, 1991, 1995, 1998,
2003
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Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens Team
Pan American Games
Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

The Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's football.

The team finished the 1999 World Cup in the third place. In 1998 and 1999, the team was the runner-up of the Women's U.S. Cup.

Brazil finished the 2000 Olympic Games in the fourth place, and was the runner-up of the 2004 Olympic Games.

In 2002 and in 2004, Brazil women's U-20 national football team was the fourth placed team in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.

Brazil is the most successful women's national team in South America, having won the first four installments of the South-American Championships. The rise of Argentina as a rival, as in the men's game, became apparent in the 2006 South American Championship, where the Canarinhas were defeated in the final for the first time.

Despite the women's success, Brazilians have not been entirely supportive of the program. However, after a second-place finish at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the country has begun to notice the women's side.

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[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Sudamericano Femenino record

  • 1991 - Champions
  • 1995 - Champions
  • 1998 - Champions
  • 2003 - Champions
  • 2006 - Second place

[edit] Olympic Games

[edit] Pan American Games Record

[edit] Current Squad

World Cup squad, 2007

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Andréia September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14) (age 30) 28 0 Flag of Spain Transportes Alcaine
2 DF Elaine January 11, 1982 (1982-01-11) (age 26) 13 4 Flag of Sweden Umeå
3 DF Aline Captain June 7, 1982 (1982-06-07) (age 26) 46 0 Flag of Brazil CEUNSP Salto
4 DF Tânia March 10, 1974 (1974-03-10) (age 34) 33 3 Flag of Brazil Saad
5 MF Renata Costa July 8, 1986 (1986-07-08) (age 21) 49 23 Flag of Brazil Botucatu
6 DF Rosana July 7, 1982 (1982-07-07) (age 25) 16 0 Flag of Austria Neulengbach
7 FW Daniela December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01) (age 23) 18 17 Flag of Sweden Linköpings FC
8 FW Formiga March 3, 1978 (1978-03-03) (age 30) 25 9 Flag of Brazil Saad
9 MF Maycon April 30, 1977 (1977-04-30) (age 31) 20 12 Flag of Brazil Saad
10 FW Marta February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 22) 45 47 Flag of Sweden Umeå
11 FW Cristiane May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15) (age 23) 37 23 Flag of Sweden Linköpings FC
12 GK Bárbara July 4, 1988 (1988-07-04) (age 19) 12 2 Flag of Brazil Sport Recife
13 DF Mônica April 4, 1978 (1978-04-04) (age 30) 7 2 Flag of Brazil Botucatu
14 MF Grazielle April 28, 1981 (1981-04-28) (age 27) 0 0 Flag of Brazil Botucatu
15 FW Kátia February 18, 1977 (1977-02-18) (age 31) 28 17 Flag of France Lyon
16 DF Simone February 10, 1981 (1981-02-10) (age 27) 13 3 Flag of France Lyon
17 DF Daiane April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15) (age 25) 0 0 Flag of Brazil Botucatu
18 MF Pretinha May 19, 1975 (1975-05-19) (age 33) 15 3 Flag of Japan Leonessa
19 DF Michele June 10, 1984 (1984-06-10) (age 24) 8 1 Flag of Brazil Botucatu
20 MF Ester September 12, 1982 (1982-09-12) (age 25) 8 0 Flag of Brazil CEPE-Caxias
21 GK Thaís June 19, 1987 (1987-06-19) (age 20) 2 0 Flag of Brazil São Caetano


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